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Amano added the IAEA could help Brunei improve and develop a new variety of rice using nuclear technology.

“It is not genetic engineering. In the natural environment, plants mutate. By using nuclear techniques, we can accelerate the process and with this acceleration, we can find useful varieties more quickly,” he said.

He added that every country is experiencing climate change and they needed to develop new varieties that would better withstand the severe climate changes.